WelcomeBienvenue

WamkelekileKaribu

- Guy Berger -

Pan-African Conference on Access to Information

Conférence Panafricaine sur l‘Accès àl‘Information

“Apai” - pronounced [“a pie”]

What’s coming upSaturday Joint opening:

Pacai and Highway Africa Pacai proceedings HA proceedings

Sunday Pacai proceedings HA proceedings

Monday Pacai proceedings DCI proceedings

Joint closing: Africa Information & Media Summit (AIMS)

Housekeeping

• Nametags for entry• Cross – attendance? Yes & no. • NETWORK! NETWORK! NETWORK!• Security – laptops, streets• Media … and more (ATI & climate, etc).• Marching for open-ness• Awards on Sunday night• Beach on Monday night.

Who’s driving Apai?

Highway Africa

Highway Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

Article 19 (African offices)

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

African Freedom of Information

Centre

Article 19 (African offices)

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Rights

Agenda

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

African Freedom of Information

Centre

Article 19 (African offices)

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Rights

Agenda

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

African Freedom of Information

Centre

IFJ – FAJ Federation of African Journalists

Article 19 (African offices)

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Rights

Agenda

Media Foundation West Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

African Freedom of Information

Centre

IFJ – FAJ Federation of African Journalists

Article 19 (African offices)

Open Democracy

Advice Centre

Highway Africa

Media Rights

Agenda

Media Foundation West Africa

Media Institute of Southern

Africa

The African Editors Forum

African Freedom of Information

Centre

IFJ – FAJ Federation of African Journalists

Article 19 (African offices)

MFWA

Article 19

Highway Africa

MRA

ODAC

TAEF

AFIC

Article 19

IFJ-FAJ

MISA

5 Pacai sponsors – many HA ones

15 partners: Welcome messages in the programme

Dear delegates,

PACAI represents an exceptional opportunity for media stakeholders to come together and define a common vision that makes the right of access to information a reality everywhere on the continent. Human societies thrive with greater transparency, a sine qua non for improved democratic governance, economic growth and human development. That is why the African Media Initiative (AMI), a continental project that seeks to improve the media landscape by involving owners and operators, decided to be a partner for this important gathering.The strong partnerships formed to successfully organise PACAI have all the necessary reach and influence to push the agenda towards a World Day of Access to Information exactly as the Windhoek Declaration paved the way for World Press Freedom Day.We look forward to engaging each and every one of you towards the objectives of this conference.

Amadou Mahtar Ba

The Apai agenda is set…Sunday 12.30 middayApai Declaration – comments to Pacai desk OR Karen@misa.org

Monday 19th morning Workshop 1: Hall 2.60•Pan-African Media Network (and portal) – African Union Commission with:

– African Forum for Media Development– African Media Initiative

Workshop 2: MR2.42-2.43•Strategies for advancing FOI

Workshop 3: MR2.41•Promoting information & media literacy.

Don’t just follow Apai … lead!

• Have your say at www.pacaia.org• Tweet or blog with #apai• Facebook at: http://tinyurl.com/6btn2aa

Action in the aftermath!

Don’t be shy,Embrace Apai!We don’t wantA pie in the sky

What we need, isA campaign that will fly.